diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
index 6c93302d3abf..7ae09460adda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eelco orivej ];
     # building ec2 runs out of memory: cc1plus: out of memory allocating 33554372 bytes after a total of 74424320 bytes
-    broken = ((builtins.elem "ec2" apis) || (builtins.elem "*" apis));
+    broken = stdenv.buildPlatform.is32bit && ((builtins.elem "ec2" apis) || (builtins.elem "*" apis));
   };
 }